things is due to explode, an’ we ain't
hardly at tbe beginnln* of tbe excite
ment yet. We're goin' to make a
Fourth of July celebration In a giant
powder fact’ry look like a deaf mute
fuu’ral by the time we're done."
tive alderman and hl* identity re-
vea It'd
Bennett hud been let into the secret
next day. and tlie trio bad had a three
hour talk from which l’helan had
emerged with the gleeful air of one
who had unexpectedly found a $URM>
bill. Thompson. too. had left that co i-
ference with a look of calm, intense
■ati*factlon that transfigured him
Other conversation* had followed,
oue of them in the presence of notai '
stenographer and lawyers. The trap
st last was ready to t>e sprung
Tbe financier for the first time In hl*
nine year close as*s’lation with tin-
secretary met the younger man s gnr.e
without seeing the latter droop In det
erenttal submission Now he received
back look for look from his former «h
jei't slave, end It was his own glance
that wavered before tb^t couceutrated
glare of hate
"Thompson!’ he cried, and his voice
bore a world of incredulous reproach
Before him stood the one man on
earth In whom Wainwright had ever
placed Implicit trust; to whom he had
confided bl* gravest business secrets,
tbe man whom he had so shrewdly
tested In countless ways and wbo had
proved stancbly incorruptible and loy
and take no orders except from me.
Understand?”
Mayor
"I sure do!" grinned l’helan. with a
Based on 6JÎ.Broadhurst's Successful Play
delighted grlu at tbe wrathful Horrl
gan “Au’ I’ll see they"—
"You need not trouble!" croaked
Wainwright, his throat dry and
CHAPTER XVII
strlcted with fear, "i'be bill 1* with
drawn!”
•• J T E’S tn there!” oliaerved I’be-
p I Ian in high exeltemcut, Jerk-
"That goes!" corroborated Horrlgan.
“Do you hear that. Williams? Mr.
I I Ing Ilia thumb toward a door
Wainwright withdraws the Borough
“ “ leading off the committee
. bill. Attend to It In a rush, man Never
room, "an’ I've sent for Wainwright
mind atsiut tbe police.”
an Horrlgan to meet your honor here.
I “Well, Friend Horrlgan." blandly ob-
An' I've fixed it SO the Borough bill
i served I’belan as Williams hastened
won't come up for ten minutes. Now-
out. “I told you I’d cross two sticks of
all that’s left Is to touch tbe punk to
had left ajar the dour
CHAPTER XV—(Continued )
dynamite under you some day. Like
•peak to you—for the last tin:.”
the fuse an' set off the whole giddy
I rooms. Realizing this and not wishing
wise 1 done It.”
"Dallas!" gasped the desperate man. bunch of fireworks under ’em. Gee.
"phelan. who. passing down 'the cor- to be seen. Dallas shrank back toward his drawn face turning positively yel but It's gvMMl to 'a' stuck to this old
“What bad you to”—
_ . . bad beard her la8t won19 88 he the wall, feurful of detection. Then low. "You were—you—you heard?’
“To do with smashln' you? Only that
world
just
for
tbe
sake
of
bein
’
here
juacbcd the threshold, turned Into the the voice of one of the speakers sud
I put his honor on to ti.v bill in th«
"Mr. Bennett Just now called you today an’ seeln’ what I’m due to see'”
denly arrested her notice.
1 first place an’ then sicked him on to
'the foulest cur In all the world.’ ” said
room
The aiderman chuckled, but his Joy
"" ell." Bennett was saying In no es Dallas, her voice scarcely louder than ous anticipation found no reflection in
| Roberts an’ discovered Thompson an'
••Exm*“ me f°r butt,n* in on a *am‘
Uy chat" he remarked, coming forward, pecially civil tones, “you said you w ish a whisper, yet every syllable stlnglsg Bennett’s white set face. Tbe two were
, turned him over to Mr. Bennett ¡'bat's
“bat I’m pretty well posted on his ed to speak to me in private. What as a whiplash “He put it too mildly.” in tbe committee room, whither Phe
I alx>ut all. But I guess It’s enough to
' make your p'lltlcsl career feel like it
^r't character, an’ when I hear any | have you to say? Be brief, for I am
“But, sweetheart"—
lan had repaired after de|>oeltlng Dal
|
busy."
knockin' him It's me to the bat.
1 “'Miss Wainwright.' please I beard las In a chair beside ber brother at the
had a long Hue of carriages drlvlu slow
Finding herself the unwilling witness yon offer to sell me to him In exchange meeting and attending to oue or two
behind It. Chesty Dick, uiy old chum!”
Whit have you got against Mr. Ben-
Horrlgan bad turned bls back on bls
•rtt? ‘None of your measly business,' to what promised to be a confidential for his conscience. If my own brother details of greater Import
victorious tormentor and was facing
you. 'Quite so.' says I. an’, that I talk. Dallas stole toward the door lead had told me such a thing I would not
“Yes,” went on I’belan. again nod
Harry Garrieon.
ing to toe corridor, but Horrlgan. as have tielleved him. but I myself heard ding mysteriously toward the farther
Uln’ the case, let’s hear all about It."
to testing my nonesty and loyalty tn the mayor.
“Bennett.” said be. "you forget I’vo
Something that underlay the seeming wn» his custom, had locked It on going it. And 1 beard his splendid answer ” door, "he's In there, trained to the al. and now Thompson apparently con clever ways that you thought I'd never
impertinence of the alderman’s bluff out. She dared not enter alone the
“But. you know. I was Joking! That minute for tbe blowout There's some fronted him in tbe role of traitor—of discover. I stood the trots. Then you still got that report about your father,
,Jecl> touched Dallas. On Impulse she crowded anteroom In her present state, it was Just a trick to"—
trusted me. You fool! As tf the fact and"—
one else wants to see you. too—some exultant spy.
so hesitatingly she paused, forced to i "Just such a trick that made me one who'll make more of a bit with
"Tomorrow's papers will publish it"
spoke
"Thompson!" be exclaimed once that I wasn't a crook proved I wasn't
you* jpagjavl You could see no farther supplemented Alwyn.
"Mr Bennett." said she. “Is opposing remain where she was The sound of promise to be your wife? Yes, but you tf I’m not overplayin’ my hand. more, almost with a groan, as tb< sac
"No, they won't” contradicted Hor
the Borough bill, knowing we shall tie another voice chained her to the spot this time you had to do with a man— But good news can wait. There's so rotary advanced Into the room until than defiant and (Renta. When I didn't
psopers If he defeats it. He also sold • nd. unconscious of eavesdropping, she a man tn a million—not with a poor, little of It In tbls measly life that it only the width of tbe table seimrated steal those or sell tbe market til's you rlgan. 'That w.. yld be bad politics.
gave me you thought I was incorrupti The report will hold over till"—
porosgh stock short before he an stood spellbound, hearing every word credulous little Idiot like me. And he gen'rally bas to. I”—
employer and employee.
“You're mistaken.” Interrupted Ren
From the corridor Horrlgan stamped
nounced his veto. What can one think distinctly through the half open door , answered you as I should hare an-
Then the newcomer spoke for the ble and devoted to your interests. And
way.
nett calmly. "I’ve sent a copy of that
•wered you had my eyes been opened into tbe committee room. Wainwright first time, in an oddly muffled voice, a* all tbe time I ”
of a man who enriches himself at the
“I—I hardly know how to begin.” In time I"—
“You were listening at tbe keybols re|»ort today to every paper tn the city
at bls heels
vipense of his friends?"
though fighting desperately for self re
Gibbs
was
replying
to
Bennett
’
s
curt
that
day last summer.” broke In Hor and have accompanied It with a state
"Dallas."
groaned
"Well!"
cried
the
boss
defiantly,
glar
Gtbha.
"for
heav
»tralut.
■O" cried Perry, "that’s a terrible
"No!" he contradicted. “ Thompson' rlgan. "the time I pulled the office door ment that I shall make good to tbe
thing! Bennett’s the original man demand. “It Is a delicate subject en's sake don't look at me like that! ing at Bennett and Ignoring l’helan.
and”—
city treasury every [>enny overcharged
1 can’t bear it! I love you! And r— "You sent for us. Whnt do you want?” Ao longer. Henceforth 1 am Garrison.” open, and”—
higher up. I’m afraid. I wonder he
"Then and always." answered Thomp In the library aud aqueduct contracts.
"Then the sooner ft is treated to open
“One moment!” Intervened Wain
Wainwright’s face grew gray. Breath
“And I in my criminal folly prom-
t«n't nfiald to wear the clothes of such
air the tietter. Is”—
wright. "We are beaten We admit less. «inl>ellevlng. he peered across at son, "and.” he added, his eyes return i So"—
a wicked geezer a« himself!"
Horrlgan was staring at him open
“
You
’
ve
won
the
Borough
bill
fight.
”
that
without argument. So we need the pallid features of bls new foe, trac ing to Wainwright's, ”1 copied every
"Oh. Perry! Don’t Joke about it!"
w aste no time going over details.”
ing in them the likeness to tbe old confidential telegram or letter yon sent. j mouthed.
hegged Dallas. "Can’t you see the seri Itegan Giblis.
"Bennett,” be muttered tn genuine
“Have you sent for us to say wnat 1 friend whose ruin and death he had I took down In shorthand every private
“Is that all you have to say to me?”
you’ll sell out for?” queried Horrlgan caused. The haunting resemblance that interview of yours. I tracked the ’ wonderment, ”1 don't know whether
“No. You’ve won. but you’ve lost far
es side of anything? We shall be
coarsely, "because if you have you’ve had often vaguely occurred to him cheeks that completed your deals, and you’re the craziest fool or tbe cleverest
more. You've lost Dallas Wainwright."
penniless and dependent on”—
only to name your price. You’ve got when watching Thompson at work now when they came back from the vaults politician In the state.”
“I hardly need to be reminded of
“Fear thou not. sister mine!” de
"Your honor.” humbly pleaded Wain
us where you want us. We’ve got to returned In double force. But now, as a* vouchers I stole them. I’ve got
clared Perry In his tiest melodramatic that." retorted Bennett, “and it la a
wright. who for several minutes had
pay."
I In a flash, it was explained, and be proofs, I tell you—proofs—of every
manner "Paupers,
"Paupers, sayest thou? Far Subject I don't care to discuss.”
“I should have thought” replied Ben knew that bls secretary spoke the crooked transaction you have dabbled lieen trying In vain to draw Bennett
"Rut listen." pleaded Gibbs ns the
be it so! Little Brother Perry will
In for nine years. I've secured proofs aside for a private word, "I am an old
nett.
with no shade of offense, “you truth.
mayor
made
a
move
ns
though
to
leave
guard thee from the cold, shivery
would know by this time that I have
"Yes." w-Mit on Tb»mp:ion in that of every step In this borough franchise man. Is there uo way of—of showing
swats of a wintry wind, Maybe we 1 the room. “One minute! I say you've
bribery, and I've turned them all over ; me mercy lu my”—
no ’price.’ ”
can sell violets or start a tight club i won the Borough fight. I've won Dal-
"Yes." retorted Alwyn. “You shall
to the mayor here. That evidence will
•sine
choked,
struggling
intonation.
”
1
las.
Can
’
t
we
”
—
“
Then
what
do
you
want?
”
er"—
receive exactly the same mercy you
send
you
to
state
prison!
To
state
am
Harry
Garrison.
You
wrecked
my
“
Nothing
-from
you.
”
“
Well,
what?" asked Rennett. with
“Don’t!" she urged. Jarred by bis flip-
“Why did you send word you wunted father's life. You drove him to suicide. prison. I tell you! To a cell, with have always shown to your own finan-
ominous uuiet as he paused in his de-
pancy. "You don’t understand. I”—
to see us?” growled Horrlgan impa- You blasted his memwry. You l»eg- cropped hair and striped suit! I'll send i clal enemies—no more, no less."
“As for that story of Ills honor's sell- parture.
"Oh, cut out the whine, Wain
I tlently as he and Wainwright, unln- gared Ills children. I am bla son—Har you to prison, where you’ll break your
"Can’t we—strike Rome Rort of bar-
in' stock short and makln' u pile of
wright!" sneered Horrlgan In high con
heart
aud
be
branded
forever
as
a
ry
Garrison.
Now
do
you
begin
to
I
vlted,
seated
themselves
at
the
table.
cash on his own veto.” put in Phelan gain?" said Gibbs tentatively.
convict! And when your term Is up tempt ns lie linked his amt In the
| "To tell you.” answered Alwyn. understand?”
genuinely worried. "Ilorrlgan’s looked
“Explain, please.” ordered Bennett,
“You see. Mr. Wainwright.” Inter I'll be waiting for you. and I’ll kill broken financier's and hauled him
I glancing from one to the other, “that
it up an' got enough facts to make him with that same deceptive calm.
every step you two have taken In this vened Bennett as the secretary’s pent you! Do you hear me, you foul crim roughly from tbe room. “What's hap-
think be can prove It. He's goln’ to
I
whole Infamous transaction from the up rage strangled the words In ills inal?” he shouted, screaming hyster pened to your nerve? You’re nlmoat
“
Why.
”
went
on
Gibbs,
emboldened
make Williams tell the whole story to
I
very first has been carefully followed, | throat, "my guesswork has a fairly re ically and foaming at the mouth In bls as bad as Gibbs. You're still rich, and
the aidermen tonight. It’s a lie. of at the other's seeming complacence,
abandonment of Insane fury. ‘Tm go as long as you've got plenty of cash no
and, to use your own phrase, we've got liable backing.”
course, but It’ll hurt ills houor a lot. “suppose you give up thia Borough
law In America need ever t'other you.
ing to kill you! To kill you!”
But
Wainwright
did
not
hear.
He
you
with
the
goods!
”
tight
and
1
give
up
Dallas?
I
won
her
•n’ the worst of it i* Bennett refuses
There's lots of talk about Indictments,
still
stared,
as
one
hypnotized.
Into
the
“
Same
old
bluff!
”
commented
Horrl
by
a
trick.
She
doesnt
really
love
me.
to deny it."
and arrests, and Investigations, and
CH AFTER XVIII.
gan contemptuously, with a reassuring j blazing eyes of the man he had trusted.
“He does. eh?" remarked Perry, It Is her pride, not her heart, that made
I
prosecutions, and all that sort of rot.
NDER
the
manlnc
fury
that
"You
’
ve
—
you've
played
me
false!"
he
wink at the somewhat less confident
“Then I’ll do some talking about it. her throw you over and accept me. It
blazed from Thompson's eyes But I don't see any millionaires going
I managed to gasp at length.
"You
'
Wainwright.
Is
you
Rhe
loves,
and
I've
known
it
all
I'll have to fracture a promise I made
Wainwright shrank back in 1 to Jail. Come on across to my law-
“By tomorrow noon,” resumed Ben have"—
Alwyn. but I guess it’s worth while.” along, and you are in love with her.”
| yer’s.”
panic
dread.
"Sure
he
has!
”
cut
in
Horrlgan.
nett.
“
you
will
both
be
Indicted
on
a
"What then?”
“What do you mean?” queried Dallas
The boas and financier departed with
“
He
’
s
—
he's
mad!"
cried
the
financier.
1
"What
’
d
1
tell
you
last
summer.
Wain
charge
of
bribery.
Even
now
there
are
“Just this.” returned Gibbs, wonder
in wonder.
out
a backward look, leaving l’helan
•Don't
let
bim
at
me!
”
wright?
I
said
then
you
were
foolish
detectives on the watch for you. Es
“1 mean Bennett lent me the money ing at Bennett's quiet reception of the
For Thompson seemed about to burl nnd Bennett alone on tbe late scene of
to trust him so. I said he'd stand
cape is impossible.”
strange
offer.
“
She
will
marry
me
be
battle.
to sell enough stock short to make up
“Rot!” sneered Horrlgan. “You’ve watching Tbe minute 1 set eyes on himself on bls foe.
cause she Isn't the sort of girl to go
“Say. your honor,” observed the al-
for what you and I would lose if the
“
Uo
easy,
son."
adjured
I
’
belan,
lay
I
that
lantern
jawed,
glum
face
of
bls"
—
no
evidence
that
will
Indict,
and
you
I
back on her promise, especially since
ilerman slyly, "there's one very Impor
bill was quashed, and be gave me a
ing
a
restraining
hand
on
tbe
secre
“
Played
me
false!
”
muttered
Waln-
know It. Even If you bad. don't I con-
tant engagement you've cleau forgot
tetter to his own broker. We carried it she looks on me as a sort of high mind
i trol most of the judges and tbe district ' wrlght again, dazed and doubting tbe t tary's shoulder.
ed martyr to your oppression, so If I
through, and now yon and I stand pit
Tbe latter, recalled to himself by tbe i Sit right where you are a mlnuts. an’
, attorney’s office besides? Swell chance ' evidence of his own senses.
hold
her
to
her
word
she
will
not
back
I
The eaveed rapper
to win whichever way the cat Jumps.
"Played you false?" jeered Thomp- pressure, relaxed bls tense, menacing I'll semi tbe party In here and see that
you'll have of getting n conviction past
down. Now. if you. even now. wlth-
Were on velvet, thanks to Alwyn.
!
»on.
"Played you false? Why else attitude and, with hysterical revulsion nobody butts In on you till you want
that
bunch!
Bab!
You
talk
like
a
man
draw your opposition the Borough bill Ised to marry you!" she stormed. "I
“He did tbls for us?" gasped Dallas
•
Id
I
become
your servant? What else of feeling, sank Into a chair, burying ’em to Oh. liut we didn't do a thing
............ ...
will go through. let you kiss me. My lips are degraded
to Horrlgan! He’ll have to watch
in amaze “But why didn't you tell
Let It go forever by that touch of yours. I let made of mud. I s'pose it's tbe affair have I Is-en waiting all these horrible his face in bis arms on the table before which way bls toes point tc see wheth
®e? Why did you let me misjudge
of those Rotierts notes you’re counting years for? I’ve sat at your desk and Um.
through
and
1
you
speak
words
of
love
to
me.
I
broke
bim?'
er lie’s gain’ or cornin'!*
will break my a brave man's heart for your worthless ! on. That don't feaze me any. My listened to your orders, never venturing
"Nine horrible years!" he sobited bro
"He made me promise not to let you
to
any
my
soul
was
my
own.
Now
,
lawyer
can
twist
that
around
so
it'll
engagement to sake. Oh. the shame—the horrible
Tbe aiderman sped on bis thlaslon.
kenly. "Nine awful years of slavery,
know a thing about it. and”—
No, no, you’ll listen to me."
Dallas Wain shame of It all! But I shall thank God I look like a charity gift.
leaving
Alwyn seated alone, dejected,
of
debasement!
Watching,
bating,
"Say. youngster,” broke In riielan.
"Why do you bother with the little
wright and on my Is-nded knees that 1 have found youngster. You'll have to think of
miserable, in the deserted committee
tingling with excitement, "you come
something better If'—
traitor, Wainwright?" scoffed Horrlgan. longing to crush him. and, oil, the time room.
leave her free out the truth tiefore It was too late."
chasin' along with me into the aider
But the financier was standing mo I has come, thank God! Thank God!”
to marry you."
"Too late?” he echoed In boYror. his i “And, anyhow.” put In Wainwright
Now that the crisis was past bls
“You’re all lu, lad!” muttered The-
mens nieetm'. I’ll have you get up
“You promise voice rising ulmost to a scream. "Dai- nervously, "you can’t prove any con tionless. loaning on tbe table, his fin
heart was strangely heavy. He had
lan,
pasatag
nn
arm
Aitout
the
shaking
thgre an’ tell what you know. It’ll
that?’
Jas. you’re not nection on my part. There's nothing gers spasmo<llcally gripping Its edge till
| won. But at what cost? At the loss of
knock
that ..j
lie of Williams' and Horrl-
--------
' the knuckles grew white. Ridiculously youth and lifting bim to bls feet.
“Yes!” cried
going to throw against me or”—
“Come with me. I'll semi out and get all he held dear,
Iran's so high It’ll forget to bit groun’
like
a
cowed
prisoner
Ix-fgre
tbe
liar
of
”
1
think
there
is.
”
retorted
Bennett.
Gibbs.elated. "1
me over? You
A
Alwyn Bennett knew, too, that the
«¡gain. Come on.
__ t_ son! There’s sure
I wheeling at>out on the fintfficier. "And ; Justice, be faced bls fiery eyed young you a bracer.”
promise on my
aren’t”—
real fight was but Just begun a fight
I
Thompson,
exhausted
liy
bls
emo
liable to be hot doin's in the meetin’ in
I
Judge.
word of honor!
“Scott Gibbs," even If 1 can't nail the Roberts brib
that had waged since the world ts-gun
•bout eleven seconds. Come along!”
“They sent for mo," went on Thomp I tions. olieyed mechanically, but at tlie
is it s
she answered ery to you I’ve plenty more counts to
farther door |»iuaed for a moment and and must last to Judgment day—the
son
brokenly.
Jerkily,
scarce
intelllgl-
I
hold
you
on.
”
gain?"
quietly, a world
agnln fixed his wild, bloodstiot eyes on hopelroa, uphill battle of decency
"Gibbs,
of wondering | "All these generalities and vague ac ! ble as the suppressed hatred of a dec-
CHAPTER XVI.
against evil, of honesty against graft.
Wainwright's haggard face
plied Alwyn
scorn In her cusations prove nothing. Bennett." an- ■ ade battled for expression. "They sent
ALLAS, left alone in Horri-
Ilorrlgan’s sneering words. "I don’t
’
'Remember,"
be
threatened,
bla
level tones, "you • wered Wainwright, drawing courage for me. My father bad killed himself.
gan's private room, sat at tbe “Gibb». I didn’t think slowly. ”1 didn't
voice dead and expressionless, "when see any millionaires going to Jail.”
there
war
so
foul
a
My
mother
lay
dead,
struck
down
by
from
llorrigan'a
cobstsal
calm
anil
think
there
was
do not even
big table, making no .effort to
you get out of Jail I'll tie waiting for ( stuck disagreeably in the young may
cur a» you in all the so foul a cur as
know how vile speaking with more assurance. "Mr. grief. Our honored old name was de-
follow her brother and Phe-
you.
And as sure as God's justice Ilves or’s memory. Their brutal, bald truth
world.”
filed.
My
slater
was
■ pauper. Who
you in all the
a thing you i are. forrlgan and I are not school boys to
**" A messenger, searching for Hor-
Jarred on tils be
I
’
ll
kill
you as I'd kill a dog! Nine
Now leave me. be scared by baseless threats. This la ' had done all thia? You! Oh. they
*’*”*■ bustled in. looked inquiringly at world. I thought I understood how ut
lief In the inevi
years waiting and—I'll murder you as
hushed
it
up,
all
guesswork
on
your
part.
Com»,
terly
rotten
you
were,
but
I
didn
’
t
be
please.
!
Your
’ * motionless, white faced girl, then
table triumph of
you murdered my”—
but
I
found
it
now.
name
one
specific
charge
you
can
presence sick
•**e<l on to the committee room he- lieve there was a man living who could
good. After all.
Phelan
had
forced
him
over
tbe
out!
I
found
it
[ prove.”
ens me.”
Jotxl and on again in bis search until debase himself as you’ve Just done."
was tbe dreary,
threshold,
nnd
the
slamming
of
tbe
out! And by my
"But”— began Gibbs, in bewilder
He tried to I “One will t>e enough to convince
ue sound of his footsteps died. And
self sacrificing
door behind the two seemed to break
murdered
fa
you?
’
asked
Alwyn.
"Well,
then,
how
speak,
but
some
ment.
*11 Dallas sat. Inert, dumb.
listtle against an
ther’s body I tbe strange spell that had fallen on all.
thing of the In about this as a first guess? Mr. Hor
"Now you'll listen to me for a mo
Little by little she was piecing to-
unconquera l> 1 e
Wainwright
straightened
himself,
knelt
and
swore
rlgan'«
brils*
of
J'itlOO.OtX)
in
money
con
foe
worth while?
•ether the facts of the long, miserable ment." cut in Bennett, silencing the In Now leave me. pirate effable
glanced
fearfully
about,
tried
to
re
I'd pay you for
tempt in her ■ nd 25.000 shares of Borough stock for
Could tile great
”mp «cation in the light of what Per- terruption. "You say I’m in love with
gain bls shaken composure and o|>ened
Four
presence
sick
it.
I
’
d
pay
you
agreeing
to
put
through
tbe
Borough
steady
eyes
sl-
t? bad just told her. It wns absurdly Miss Wainwright It is true. I love
god graft ever
ens me.”
If It cost me my bls mouth to speak But the hurried
leuced him. franchise? For’guesswork' thst doesn't
be checked In
now that she held the key of the her in a way a dog like you could never
entrance
of
Williams
prevented
him.
life.
I
would
seem
to
me
very
bad."
•tuation she could understand every- understand If he tried for a lifetime. Without a word he slunk out of the
Ills mastery of
"Mr.
Hor^gan.
”
gas¡>ed
the
excited
ruin
you
In
name
Wainwright's hard mask of a face
tbe earth? If—
bow Wainwright had put her I’d give my life for one word of love room and out of ber life,
and fortune, se newcomer, q’v» been looking every
twitched convulsively, but the steady
Pbeiau,
agog
with
eagerness
for
the
from
her.
but
I
’
d
sooner
go
forever
■wtune Into Borough stock to Intlu-
A rustle of
you ruined my where for you!”
brain that had carried bim unshaken
skirts startled
'hnnett; bow. failing to move tbe without that word than win It by a coming struggle in tbe aldennanlc through a thousand risky financial
"What
’
s
wrong
now?
’
snapped
the
father,
and
then
Riter. he hail used Alwyn’s knowledge dishonest deed that would prove me chamber, bustled past through tbe cor deals came at once to his rescue
Alwyn from bls
"And then Id kill I'd kill you, as boss. “Has” —
ft the fa<-t as a weapon against the unworthy of her. I asked her love as a ridor. Tbe aiderman bad many duties
dark thoughts.
'Tbe Borough bill's come up at last
you, os you killed you killed him!
"An excellent guess." be agreed In
today,
and
as
tbe
performance
of
each
free
gift
and
tried
to
deserve
it.
She
“Dallas!” be
man; how Bennett had sought
and”—
my father.”
I'd”-
splendidly feigned amusement, "but
cried, unbeliev
•ara her fortune and why be had refused, and I won’t try to buy what brougtj him nearer to bla longed for unfortunately the courts demand proof
’
Tbe
gallery
crowd's
rough
bousing
left
him
haggard
With
an
effort
that
ing, aa be sprang
! !' o Perry to bias her feelings she won't give me. especially since the revenge on Horrlgan be was positively before convicting a man. and there Is • nd trembling, Thompson forced him the place? Then”—
price would make me as unworthy of beaming with righteous bliss. Dallas
? tel ug of the generous act.
to his feet balf
“No. they're quiet aa death; too quiet.
self to calmer speech and continued:
no
proof
whatever
of
"
—
caught
sight
of
him
her
as
you
yourself
are.
”
i From first to last.” she murmured
dazzled at tbe
And they have long ropeo. and they’re
"I
answered
your
advertisement
for
"Are
you
sure?"
queried
Bennett.
"Alderman!"
she
called
faintly.
"But you take the wrong view of It.
.
”” ””” wi>tlliroas light
P®nh«ppy contrition, "be has acted
a secretary. I had no experience, yet stringing them over the”—
Phelan halted, still in haste to fulfill Turning to Pbelan, be added:
that transformed her face.
F*orably and as be thought 1 would You see. if—
“
Call
in
the
police,
then!
”
ordered
out
of
ninety
applicant
you
chose
me.
;
"Please
ask
Mr.
Thompson
to
come
bls mission.
Blowly she came toward him. ber
wanted him to and for my bappi- f I "I see this much: I’ll have to speak
That was fate I knew then that one Horrlgan. “Now's the time for them.”
"Could—could I see Mr. Bennett?’ in."
-
And I. like tbe wretched little plainer to get my view of the case into
“I don’t dsre,” protested Williams. glorious dark eyes on bla. ber white
day I should have you at my feet, as
Tbe
alderman,
with
an
expansive
abe
asked,
a
new
timidity
transforming
hands outstretched In irresistible ap
I was, couldn’t understand and your vile mind If ever again you
ber rich voice. "Do you know where I grin, flung open the door of tbe farther now I have Fate fought for me. I Those men In the gallery are desper peal. At last she spoke.
humiliated him. Oh, if only meet me. stand out of my way Don't can find him?'
ate.
They
’
re
dangerous.
IT
’
—
made
myself
necessary
for
yon.
I
•oom
•peak to me or come where I am. for
" w*r»n t too late to”—
"I love you!" she said.
“The police?" Interrupted Bennett
At sound of bls secretary's name olieyed your hardest orders. I found
"Is It important? He’s pretty busy.”
L
’> of Gibbs flashed before her If you cross my path again I'll treat
ma bad .
"What are you talking
"Very Important!" she pleaded. "I Wainwright had sprung to his feet and, out ways to please you. I fetched and sharply.
P**- «tid she shuddered, realising all you ten thousand times worse than must see him at once.”
I ran to anticipate about?’
iumfounded. was leaning heavily on carried for you
Pat ber rash steps bad entailed.
"My orders!” returned Horrlgan. "1
when I thrashed you in that football
"I’ll look bim up.” agreed Pbeiau. the table, staring across the threshold your lighten! wish, as thougb I was
♦
♦
L ’ ** ' 10
***** confessed to ber- game. That’s all."
your adoring son. It was T hope sent for them. Tell them to”—
"but I warn you be e too buey to see of the suddenly opened door.
Next Week Begins
♦
♦
"Don't
do
It!
”
commanded
Bennett
In
tZ '
- '*' k tbe hot tears that
There, framed In the dark doorway, I you're satisfied, sir,' and ’Let me do
Bennett, restraining his wrath with I you Just yet Spoor you let me take
♦
“JANK l’ABI.E,"
♦
anger.
her eyes. "But at least I can
his face deathly pale his eyes glowing that for you. air,' and *! am glad to
Geo. Burr Met 'utcheon's
♦
♦
bl m I know and beg bis forgive- a mighty effort, turned on bis heel and 1 you back to the meet In? Our bill's with a strange light as of murder, work overtime for yon. sir. any time
"Do as 1 say, Williams'" counter ♦
♦
Great Serial Story.
strode off into the corridor, leaving cornin’ up In a few minutes now. an’
rnl tfiank him.”
you wish.' while every minute I bad to manded Horrlgan. “Have them in ♦ Watch for the First Chapter ♦
Gibbs staring after him In dumb. Im yoa don't want to miss It. Then I'll stood Cynthia's brother
Th- •o>md of voices in the corridor
♦
in The Guani Next Week
♦
Ills prrwnce in tbe city hall was no fight hard to keep from atrlklng you and" -
scare up bls honor for you as soon as
potent despair.
♦
"I'helan."
Inter;-»sed
Bennett
as
tbe
♦
mere
chance,
but
the
climax
of
a
series
her from her bitter reverie
dead
!
”
he's
got
a
spare
minute
an'
bring
you
When the broker had recovered
♦
“I must go!” groaned Wainwright, alderman, having left Thompson tn oth ♦
tang up hastily, unwilling that •elf sufficiently to start from the
back here to him. Sorry to keep you of conferences between Bennett. Phe
er
hands,
came
into
the
room,
"go
to
lan
and
himself,
dating
from
the
night
shuddering
"I
can't
aland
this.
I'
Id see tier tear stained face. Dallas Wainwright stood before
waitin’.” be went on as they started
th ’Peakers, though they drew
<3
"Oh. I tmale you think me a para the sergeant In charge of tbe police
toward tbe council chamber, "but be of tbe administration tail. when, de
barring the exit Her face was
R ¡ I» rio «wo
I'd not enter H»rrtgan*a office white, her big dark eyes ablate.
fore this session's over all sorts of spite his own resolve. tbe secretary’s gon!" resumed tbe youth. “You took Mr. Horrlgan sent for. Tell bim 1 •»/ (Lars ths
be giust keep bls men where they are •igastur»
1 they stepped Into the adjoln-
band had teen forced by tbe Inquisi
niuRt
••*»♦• !••»• «K«
tUR
•f
mtulttee room Tbe messenger
I
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